Solar School Energy Community

Solar School Energy Community is Slovenia's first cooperative-developed self-consumption solar power initiative. Supplying 16 households, 3 public buildings, and 2 businesses, Hrastnik’s project promotes environmental sustainability and community solidarity. By enabling collective self-consumption, it reduces grid congestion and empowers consumers to become prosumers, reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Introducing a new model of public-commons partnership, the energy community, with its 300-kW photovoltaic power plant installed on the Hrastnik Primary School, embodies democratic management and local benefits, inspiring similar projects across Slovenia.